Georgia's Republican governor and GOP-led legislature have an additional $2 billion in funds to spend or save in the upcoming election year, despite federal spending cuts and concerns over funding gaps in social safety net and other services. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.| The Current
New report reveals that most tax dollars for Georgia's Medicaid work requirement program went to administrative costs, not healthcare.| The Current
Will control of the US Senate come down to ugly ethnic cleansing?| Greg Palast
Gov. Brian Kemp is ordering state agencies to freeze spending at current levels during this fiscal year and fiscal 2027 to protect the state from federal funding cuts in the budget bill — also called the Big Beautiful Bill– Congress passed this month. “While the governor remains committed to meeting the needs of our growing […]| The Georgia Sun
The legislation's chief sponsor was Rep. Lehman Franklin, R-Statesboro, whose wife June received IVF treatment and is expecting a child next month.| The Georgia Sun
The governor’s office expressed “uncertainty” as to whether he has the power to intervene.| Capital B News - Atlanta
Reversal came after receiving a letter from Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, clarifying the state’s 2022 law banning so-called divisive concepts in the classroom, exempts AP, international baccalaureate and dual enrollment classes.| The Current
